As part of TODAY's 'Best of Broadway Week,'Â Â the cast of The Wiz stopped by the show on Friday to perform the song 'Ease on Down the Road' from the new production of the classic musica…
Alan Mingo Jr. will return to the title role of 'The Wiz' on Broadway beginning Thursday, June 13, 2024. Five-time Emmy winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady will play his final perfor…
The eye-filling sets by Hannah Beachler and video and projection design by Daniel Brodie include subtle tributes to Black Culture that not all theatergoers may notice on a first look. When D…
The 2024 Honorees have been announced for the Theatre World Award for an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production. Learn more about the honorees here!
On Friday, The Today Show visited The Wiz on Broadway for a special behind-the-scenes look at the revival of the classic musical. In the interview, Wayne Brady, who plays The Wiz, talked abo…
The 2024 Tony Nominations are out, and it's not great for "The Great Gatsby." The musical based on the famed novel by F Scott Fitzgerald received just one nod. Its death is secured. On the h…
While "The Wiz" received zero nominations, other nods Tuesday went to such familiar faces as David Byrne, Amy Ryan, Corey Stoll and Emilio Sosa. The winners will be announced June 14.
Broadway's busy, busy spring of new shows came to an end today with this morning's Tony nominations announcement, and while the impact, if any, of the nominations won't be felt at the box of…
With the annual announcement of the Tony nominations comes the yearly list of snubs and surprises, as this season's shows see their dreams realized " or their hopes dashed " and prognosticat…
Stereophonic became the most nominated play in Tony Awards history on Monday, scoring a surprisingly strong 13 nominations, including acting nods for almost the entire cast. Several other sh…
HOW GOOD YOU GOT IT There's an old saying that goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." But is "fixing" always a bad thing? What if that fix is not about correcting what's wrong but more abo…
The Wiz has returned to Broadway, and boy is it fun - and boy is it exhausting. Director Schele Williams has taken a "more is more" attitude to this classic show, with emphasis on bright…
Kyle Ramar Freeman as Lion, Nichelle Lewis as Dorothy, Phillip Johnson Richardson as Tinman, Avery Wilson as Scarecrow. Photo by Jeremy Daniel, (c) 2023.jpg Interscope Records and The Wiz…
The Wiz, now running at the Marquis Theatre, will release a 2024 Broadway Cast Recording on July 12 through Immersive/Interscope Records. The Broadway revival, directed by Schele Williams…
This groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway"from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and finger-snapping 70s funk to its stirring tale of Dorothy'…
Phillip Johnson Richardson goes on a quest for a heart eight times a week at the Marquis Theatre as The Wiz's beloved Tinman. The role marks Richardson's Broadway debut, and a star-making…
